Tobacco Row

Tobacco Row is a collection of tobacco warehouses and cigarette factories located along the James River waterfront in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. During the early 18th century, several tobacco facilities were built along the waterfront. It was also the site of the infamous Libby Prison during the American Civil War. During the 1980s, the area was vacated by the tobacco companies, and, after 1995, many of the former warehouses and factories were converted into loft apartments, condominiums, offices, and retail space; one of the warehouse was converted in Virgina Holocaust Museum.